Examine me dear Lord. Create in me a clean heart, Oh God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Amen. Psalms 51 partial. With love in Christ, Andrew Lee Sheets
And know this brothers and sisters: "And it is not repentance that saves me - repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus. The danger here is putting the emphasis on the effect, instead of the cause. Is it my obedience, consecration, and dedication that make me right with God? IT IS NEVER THAT! I AM MADE RIGHT WITH GOD BECAUSE, PRIOR TO ALL OF THAT, CHRIST DIED. SINFUL MEN AND WOMEN CAN BE CHANGED INTO NEW CREATIONS, NOT THROUGH THEIR REPENTANCE OR THEIR BELIEF, BUT THROUGH THE WONDERFUL WORK OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS WHICH PRECEDED ALL OF OUR EXPERIENCE (see 2 Corinthians 5:17-19) The unconquerable safety of justification and sanctification is God Himself. We do not have to accomplish these things ourselves - they have been accomplished through the atonement of the Cross of Christ. The supernatural becomes natural to us through the miracle of God, and there is the realization of what Jesus Christ has ALREADY DONE - IT IS FINISHED .. JOHN 19:30.... FOR HE MADE HIM WHO KNEW NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR US, THAT WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM. THE TEACHING IS NOT CHRIST FOR ME UNLESS I AM DETERMINED TO HAVE CHRIST FORMED IN ME SEE GALATIANS 4:19
I absolutely love how the Lord works in my life. I have been here with some friends for over a month now. They live right next to the foothills of the Warner Mountains in northern California. Virtually every night that I have been here, I have walked up the mountain to keep my legs in shape.
Well, last evening I planned on walking up the mountain, as usual--but the Lord had different plans ("Men plan and God laughs"). As I walked parallel to the irrigation ditch on the north side of my friends' property, I spotted a tree I hadn't noticed before. It had some dead limbs on it. So I walked back to my friend's repair shop, grabbed a pruning saw (I have pruned a lot of trees on their property in the past two years) and walked back to the tree. I spent some time sawing off the dead limbs. After I was done, I decided not to walk up the mountain and go check my email instead.
I got an email from a Christian friend and it was the message from Michael Boldea. It was all perfect timing--because, of course, the Lord was in it. So I posted Michael Boldea's message on my blog and I knew that this was God's will; I hope many people read it.
Sarah: Amen. These false Christians are trying to sell a Christian Social Club mentality. People should read about Michael Boldea's grandfather, Dimitru Duduman. I read about Duduman's life back in the 1990s and how he was tortured in prison because of his Christian faith.
Satan loves the Christian Social Club people. Satan hates people like Dimitru Duduman. As Christians, we are here to destroy the works of the devil; we are not here to be conformed to this world.
Examine me dear Lord. Create in me a clean heart, Oh God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Amen. Psalms 51 partial.
ReplyDeleteWith love in Christ,
Andrew Lee Sheets
And know this brothers and sisters: "And it is not repentance that saves me - repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus. The danger here is putting the emphasis on the effect, instead of the cause. Is it my obedience, consecration, and dedication that make me right with God? IT IS NEVER THAT! I AM MADE RIGHT WITH GOD BECAUSE, PRIOR TO ALL OF THAT, CHRIST DIED. SINFUL MEN AND WOMEN CAN BE CHANGED INTO NEW CREATIONS, NOT THROUGH THEIR REPENTANCE OR THEIR BELIEF, BUT THROUGH THE WONDERFUL WORK OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS WHICH PRECEDED ALL OF OUR EXPERIENCE (see 2 Corinthians 5:17-19) The unconquerable safety of justification and sanctification is God Himself. We do not have to accomplish these things ourselves - they have been accomplished through the atonement of the Cross of Christ. The supernatural becomes natural to us through the miracle of God, and there is the realization of what Jesus Christ has ALREADY DONE - IT IS FINISHED .. JOHN 19:30.... FOR HE MADE HIM WHO KNEW NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR US, THAT WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM. THE TEACHING IS NOT CHRIST FOR ME UNLESS I AM DETERMINED TO HAVE CHRIST FORMED IN ME SEE GALATIANS 4:19
ReplyDeleteabove quote taken from Oswald Chambers' My Utmost for His Highest.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments, Randy.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love how the Lord works in my life. I have been here with some friends for over a month now. They live right next to the foothills of the Warner Mountains in northern California. Virtually every night that I have been here, I have walked up the mountain to keep my legs in shape.
Well, last evening I planned on walking up the mountain, as usual--but the Lord had different plans ("Men plan and God laughs"). As I walked parallel to the irrigation ditch on the north side of my friends' property, I spotted a tree I hadn't noticed before. It had some dead limbs on it. So I walked back to my friend's repair shop, grabbed a pruning saw (I have pruned a lot of trees on their property in the past two years) and walked back to the tree. I spent some time sawing off the dead limbs. After I was done, I decided not to walk up the mountain and go check my email instead.
I got an email from a Christian friend and it was the message from Michael Boldea. It was all perfect timing--because, of course, the Lord was in it. So I posted Michael Boldea's message on my blog and I knew that this was God's will; I hope many people read it.
I believe the Lord is using Michael Boldea's message to prune the dead limbs from the Body of Christ in the United States.
ReplyDeleteSarah: Amen. These false Christians are trying to sell a Christian Social Club mentality. People should read about Michael Boldea's grandfather, Dimitru Duduman. I read about Duduman's life back in the 1990s and how he was tortured in prison because of his Christian faith.
ReplyDeleteSatan loves the Christian Social Club people. Satan hates people like Dimitru Duduman. As Christians, we are here to destroy the works of the devil; we are not here to be conformed to this world.
TRUE THAT!!
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